{"id":2990,"date":"2022-03-03T12:20:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T17:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.skillest.com\/?p=2990"},"modified":"2022-05-07T01:26:18","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T05:26:18","slug":"andrew_mcdonald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skillest.com\/blog\/andrew_mcdonald\/","title":{"rendered":"How a Busy Amateur Golfer Used Online Golf Lessons to Get Even Better in His 30s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How this Amateur plays SCRATCH despite busy lifestyle\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p_H_AoCIwF0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Amateur golfer Andrew McDonald lives a seriously busy lifestyle. Between working in technical operations for Apple, planning his upcoming wedding, and recently moving to Texas, it&#8217;s hard to think he&#8217;s got time for anything else. But thanks to remote lessons on Skillest, he still finds time to significantly improve his golf game with help from his coach Alex Riggs. Despite Andrew being in Texas and Alex in Dubai, the pair have been working together for nearly two years completely remotely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrew&#8217;s been passionate about the game for quite some time. His first taste of golf came when he moved from Atlanta to Orlando at the age of 12. There in central Florida he had the opportunity to help at Bay Hill, Arnold Palmer&#8217;s course. 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And if it takes me a few weeks to work on something, that&#8217;s no problem. That&#8217;s why the subscription exists and Alex will be there when ready.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although he&#8217;d love to be on the range with Alex whenever he wanted to, Andrew feels like he doesn&#8217;t miss a thing thanks to the virtual communication on Skillest. He credits the level of detail and constant communication with his coach for improving his game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Andrew McDonald Swing Analysis\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lrVC5y4PszM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Even after a short period of time, Andrew&#8217;s improvements were getting noticed by his friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;After a few weeks of working with Alex on Skillest, they saw my swing and were like, &#8216;Wait, what happened? Your swing looks incredible.'&#8221; It didn&#8217;t take much convincing to get a handful of his friends onto Skillest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite being in his 30s with a busy schedule, Andrew has aspirations to qualify for either the US Mid Amateur or the US Amateur Championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Skillest has allowed me in a crazy pandemic with an extremely busy job to fit in practice within my schedule,&#8221; says Andrew. <meta charset=\"utf-8\"> &#8220;I don&#8217;t think I would have been able to do in-person lessons. And even if I watched all the best videos in the world, I couldn&#8217;t have instructed myself to this level. You need somebody who&#8217;s a top-notch teacher who can guide you through the process. 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